

The goal is to provide good for the world, just the way Zak and Duncan had always wanted to do. This virtual event is scheduled for 10:45 -11:05 a.m. The event will also commemorate other students who are lost from the university family. The UTM community is invited to attend an online ceremony in honour of Remembrance Day. The Husein-Unternaher Service Event is named for two students, friends who died within a year of each other, who left a lasting impression on many friends among students, faculty, staff and community.

UA Remembrance Day has been created to forever help heal the hearts of The University of Akron and surrounding community for all those we have lost. Duncan Unternaher was another person who was passionate about helping others and again the event to help others was continued in the spring of 2017. In the winter of 2016 another student death left a wound in the hearts of The University of Akron. In the spring of 2016 students came together and packaged meals in a healing event to help feed children in underdeveloped countries. In his honor, the entire Akron community were determined to make good of a tragic situation. Zak was known for always giving back to people and he worked to make the world a better place. In 2015, The University of Akron family was made smaller with the loss of Zak Husein. The best way we can honor those who have passed is by living our lives to the fullest. When thinking about our lost loved ones, it’s expected, normal, and reasonable to feel sadness, anger, and even longing to speak to that person again. For information on the Royal Canadian Legion - MacKenzie Branch 414s Annual Remembrance Day Service on Thursday, Nov. By caring for one another we can rise together to overcome our losses and our pain. It’s a chance for all of us to remember those we have lost to drugs or alcohol, celebrate their lives, and look to our own future free from addiction. Wednesday 21st July was Drug and Alcohol Remembrance Day, which is marked by people from across the recovery community. Our spirit of unity is what makes Zips great. Remembrance Day addiction, grief and stigma. Of celebrating our achievements and supporting each other through difficult times.

A spirit that is devoted to the betterment of all. He never attended the University of Akron, but he shared the spirit of our community. My grandfather lived for his family and his community and that is something that I will carry on throughout my life.

And I had my student organizations that made me feel like I was part of a greater community, and made me realize I was never alone. I am thankful for the friends that always checked in with me and made sure I was ok. I am grateful for the professors that were understanding and gave me a little extra time to heal. His passing put me in a bad place, but the support system I had at home and at the University of Akron brought me back. Whether expected or not, the hurt is still the same, and for a while I was crushed, my grandfather was the strongest person I knew. He had spent the last few years of his life battling illness, so we knew this was coming. This fall, my family and I had to face the passing of my grandfather. It is an opportunity to educate others on the fragility of civil liberties in times of crisis, and the importance of remaining vigilant in protecting the rights and freedoms of all.Loss is something that we all experience that never gets easier. Yet they were targeted, rounded up, and imprisoned for years, simply for having the “face of the enemy.”Įvery February, the Japanese American community commemorates Executive Order 9066 as a reminder of the impact the incarceration experience has had on our families, our community, and our country. No Japanese Americans were ever charged, much less convicted, of espionage or sabotage against the United States. This led to the forced removal and incarceration of some 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast, who had to abandon their jobs, their homes, and their lives to be sent to one of ten concentration camps scattered in desolate, remote regions of the country. Army the authority to remove civilians from the military zones established in Washington, Oregon, and California during WWII. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which gave the U.S. On this day in 1942, President Franklin D. February 19th is a significant date for the Japanese American community.
